Lapu-Lapu mayor eyes P100M for COVID vaccines

Futch Anthony Inso 01/07/2021

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — The Lapu-lapu City government will allocate not less than P100 million in purchasing the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine. Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan said this in an interview with CDN Digital…

FDA concerned with PSG chief’s revelation on virus vaccine inoculations

Katrina Hallare - Reporter / @KHallareINQ 12/31/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday expressed concern over the revelation made by the commander of the Presidential Security Group (PSG) that personnel of the unit injected the COVID-19 vaccine themselves. “As…

New COVID-19 strain not likely to affect vaccine development, experts say

Daphne Galvez - Reporter / @DYGalvezINQ 12/27/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The new coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) strain found in the United Kingdom will is not likely to affect the development of vaccines against the disease, experts said Sunday. Dr. Edcel Salvana, a member of…

‘Nonsense’ for gov’t to choose China vaccine at 50% efficacy — solon

Neil Arwin Mercado - Reporter / @NAMercadoINQ 12/26/2020

MANILA, Philippines — It would be “nonsense” for the Philippine government to choose China’s Sinovac vaccine when it only has an efficacy rate of 50 percent, Agusan del Norte Rep. Lawrence Fortun said Saturday. Fortun said the…

One million vaccinated but US officials admit rollout behind schedule

12/24/2020

Washington, United States—More than a million Americans have received the first dose of their Covid-19 vaccines, a milestone in the biggest immunization drive in US history that came even as officials admitted the pace of rollout was…

Singapore gets Asia’s first Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine doses

12/22/2020

SINGAPORE — Singapore received Asia’s first delivery of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine on Monday, capping what the city-state’s premier said had been a “long and arduous” year spent fighting the pandemic. The trade and finance hub last week joined…

TIMELINE: The scuttled COVID-19 vaccine deal with Pfizer

Cristina Eloisa Baclig - Content Researcher/Writer / @CeBacligINQ 12/17/2020

MANILA, Philippines — As nations scrambled to secure doses of coronavirus vaccine from drug manufacturers, the Philippines’ Health chief had been accused of “dropping the ball” in acquiring the vaccine deal with a United States-based pharmaceutical. Serious…

No Pfizer guarantee of 10 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine for PH – Duque

Cathrine Gonzales 12/17/2020

MANILA, Philippines — US pharmaceutical firm never promised to provide the Philippine government with 10 million doses of its coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) upon the signing of a Confidential Disclosure Agreement (CDA) between the two parties, Health…

COVID-19 vaccines in the Philippine context

Gideon Lasco, Joshua San Pedro - @inquirerdotnet 12/16/2020

Several months and over 400,000 COVID-19 cases later, the Philippines has begun its long-awaited and promised process of acquiring vaccines as a means to end the pandemic. As early as April, President Duterte spoke optimistically of the…

Cebu City tagged as priority for COVID-19 vaccines

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 12/15/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City will have ample allocation of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine should the national government be able to purchase it from an accredited source. This was revealed by Mayor Edgardo Labella…

US to start vaccinating as Germany returns to partial lockdown

12/14/2020

Kalamazoo, United States—The United States prepared to start its Covid-19 vaccination program on Monday, December 14, 2020, as the nation’s death toll edged towards 300,000, while Germany announced a partial lockdown over the holidays due to an…

Angara: 100M Filipinos could be inoculated vs COVID-19 if vaccines at P600 each

Cathrine Gonzales - Reporter / @cgonzalesINQ 12/10/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Over 100 million Filipinos are estimated to be vaccinated against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) if each vaccine that the government would buy is priced at P600, Senator Sonny Angara said Thursday. The budget…

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